Creating a snap using make or autotools
Sergio Schvezov
sergio.schvezov at canonical.com
Thu Jan 26 10:35:20 UTC 2017
On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:55:32 +0000, Luther Goh Lu Feng wrote:
> This probably isn't the right place to ask, but I thought I
> should ask in case it does matter in the context of snapping:
> when creating a snap of say, a hello world program in C[1],
> should I use the make or autotools plugin?
This is exactly the right place to ask
> Is one better than the other when it comes to snap creation?
They should both produce working results.
> A quick visual scan of snappy playpen seems to indicate that
> more project use autotools than make, though I am unsure if the
> numbers are reflective of actual preferences. Appreciate if
> anyone can share more.
Because it was trendy in linux-land for a while. cmake is also popular these days, traditional unix commands used to just use Makefiles.
> Full disclosure: I am unfamiliar with both make and autotools. Thanks.
I cannot open [1], but if that is just driven by make, then use make, if there is no build mechanism you can write your own or even just script the commands manually.
> [1] http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/c/hworld.html
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